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Re: [OT] Unix time

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: [OT] Unix time
Date 2022-11-23 12:47 +0100
Message-ID <mrd15j-abs.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2022-11-23 06:28, 26C.Z969 wrote:
> On 11/22/22 10:37 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 22/11/2022 11:31, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2022-11-22 03:59, 26C.Z968 wrote:
>>>> On 11/19/22 5:58 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>> On 19/11/2022 04:28, 26C.Z968 wrote:
>>>>>> "ifconfig" alone gives you a list
>>>>>>    of your devices and all the relevant numbers, no
>>>>>>    bullshit. 95% of the time that's all I ever need.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amen.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I want to know if I have any milk left in the fridge, I open the 
>>>>> door and look. I don't need an app that lists every item including 
>>>>> those which are not there any more with sell by dates  on a smart 
>>>>> phone
>>>>
>>>>    Well, they have "smart fridges" that will spy
>>>>    on everything you have in there and report it
>>>>    to you (and probably a bunch of other people,
>>>>    including the govt and all the health insurance
>>>>    companies) ...
>>>>
>>>>    But yea ... simpler IS usually "better". The older
>>>>    -ix utilities tell you exactly what you almost
>>>>    always NEED to know without any BS or mile-long
>>>>    list of params. You can really shorten yer pgms
>>>>    too by running them and parsing the straightforward
>>>>    data they return. Why rewrite sysutils when you
>>>>    can just use them direct ?
>>>>
>>>>    And how much beer is in the fridge ? OPEN it
>>>>    and LOOK .......
>>>
>>> Open and look costs money.
>>>
>> Not very much.
>>
>> Deduct it from the extra capital cost of a smart fridge, and see how 
>> loind it takes to break even.
>>
>> I met a guy owne. 5.7 liter 8 US car. Did 15 to the gallon. I sdaid 
>> 'why nmot buuy a car with te same power, but European , at twice the mpg
>>
>> He said 'it only cost me 5 grand. That's 8 less than the European car. 
>> You can buy a lot of petrol for £8000'
> 
>    Hey, I *like* that .... a sensible person who can
>    work a calculator  :-)
> 
>    As for the 'dumb' fridge costing money ... you were
>    walking past it scratching your ass anyway, so LOOK
>    INSIDE ....
> 
>    Oh, and "smart" fridges still have to maintain X-mass
>    at Y-degrees, so they're no more efficient and opening
>    the door once in awhile amounts to about zilch extra
>    energy use.

No, this is not true. Opening the door amounts a significant extra 
energy use. How much, I do not know. Maybe someone has measured it. It 
takes some. Nil, no way.


> The electronics in the 'smart' fridge likely
>    use up MORE energy both internally AND in all the
>    support devices - up to and including your PC/phone -
>    that have to receive/interpret said data.
> 
>    I'm gonna add to an oldie ... "Lies, Damned Lies,
>    Statistics and ENERGY-EFFICIENCY CLAIMS  :-)
> 
>    All yer little e-mobiles will NEVER pay off their
>    energy/carbon debts coming from all that's required
>    to make them run (and we're not even getting into
>    the slave labor thing). If a few percent have
>    e-mobiles then they can LEACH off the existing
>    energy infrastructure ... but if EVERYBODY gets
>    them then that entire infrastructure has to be
>    rebuilt to handle the load.
> 
>    (Oh, horrible Truth, ASPHALT is a petroleum product.
>    What ya gonna build your roads out of if no more
>    oil ? Concrete ? Look up how much energy THAT
>    requires to make ....)
> 

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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        Re: Unix time "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-06 16:00 +0300
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                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-21 21:59 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-22 12:31 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-22 15:37 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-23 00:28 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z969" <26C.Z969@noaada.net> - 2022-11-23 00:28 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-23 12:47 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z969" <26C.Z969@noaada.net> - 2022-11-23 23:55 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-24 09:30 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-24 12:46 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z969" <26C.Z969@noaada.net> - 2022-11-26 23:28 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2022-11-24 12:16 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-24 13:26 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-24 12:32 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-24 14:36 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-24 14:09 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-24 19:25 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-24 19:40 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-24 21:28 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2022-11-24 13:06 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z969" <26C.Z969@noaada.net> - 2022-11-26 23:36 -0500
            Re: Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-10 11:01 +0100
              Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-18 23:33 -0500
              Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-18 23:37 -0500
                Re: Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-19 11:01 +0000
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-19 22:06 -0500
                Re: Unix time Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2022-11-21 13:03 +0000
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-21 21:40 -0500
          Re: Unix time Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2022-11-07 10:17 +0000
      Re: Unix time Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-11-06 07:43 -0800
        Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-06 22:35 -0500
          Re: Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-07 06:12 +0000
            Re: Unix time Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-11-07 06:21 +0000
              Re: Unix time Harold Stevens <wookie@limbo.localdomain> - 2022-11-07 02:44 -0600
              Re: Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-07 15:42 +0000
                Re: Unix time Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-11-07 16:44 +0000
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-09 00:46 -0500
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-09 00:32 -0500
                Re: Unix time Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-11-09 08:13 -0800
                Re: Unix time not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-11-10 07:10 +1000
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-16 00:18 -0500
                Re: Unix time Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-11-16 18:13 +0000
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-17 00:41 -0500
                Re: Unix time Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2022-11-22 18:21 +0000
                Re: Unix time "26C.Z969" <26C.Z969@noaada.net> - 2022-11-23 00:31 -0500
                Re: Unix time not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-11-17 07:27 +1000
              Re: Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-09 00:10 -0500
                Re: Unix time Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-11-09 18:52 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-11-10 18:57 -0600
                Re: [OT] Unix time G <g@nowhere.invalid> - 2022-11-11 10:42 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-11-12 19:42 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-11-11 12:20 +0100
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-11 11:46 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2022-11-11 18:39 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-11 17:50 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-12 11:15 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-14 23:34 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-15 11:10 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-16 00:11 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-16 08:54 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-18 23:58 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-19 11:04 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-19 22:16 -0500
                Re: [OT] Unix time Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-11-19 13:16 +0000
                Re: [OT] Unix time "26C.Z968" <26C.Z968@noada.net> - 2022-11-19 22:51 -0500

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